Service to our Blessed in Christ Saint Xenia, Homeless Wanderer of St. Petersburg

“Little is known of the earthly life of this holy woman who was truly, as her name indicates, a ‘stranger’ or ‘foreigner’ on the earth, ever sighing and striving for the heavenly homeland. She lived, we do know, in the 18th century, during the reigns of the Empresses Elizabeth and Catherine II; but the dates of her birth and death, as well as her family background are not known to us. She spent almost all her life in Petersburg and bore the name Xenia Grigorievna Petrova, being the wife of the army officer and court singer Andrew Feodorovich Petrov.”—“The Life of Saint Xenia, Homeless Wanderer of the city of Peter”

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The Life of Saint Xenia, Homeless Wanderer of the city of PeterService To Blessed in Christ Saint Xenia, HOMELESS WANDERER OF THE CITY OF PETERPrayer to the Holy Blessed Xenia of Petersburg